Crime Stoppers scam co-conspirator gets prison

A Dallas woman who conspired with an ex-police officer to scam the city's Crime Stoppers program has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge David Godbey sentenced 38-year-old Malva R. Delley on Monday for her guilty plea last year to conspiracy to make a false statement to a financial institution.

Delley was part of a scam that brought her and former Crime Stoppers director Theodora Ross more than $250,000. Ross provided bogus tip information to Delley, who then presented the information to a bank.

The 52-year-old Ross was sentenced last week to nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty to income tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.